Three people have been charged in connection with a fight outside of a restaurant on Robinhood Road Tuesday night, police said.
The fight started in the parking lot outside of Paul's Fine Italian Dining in the 3400 block of Robinhood Road about 9 p.m. Police said three people left the Littlejohns Tavern and got involved in a fight. Six people inside Paul's saw the fight and came out to intervene.
Police said when they arrived they saw a man assaulting Giampaolo Perrello, 67, the owner of the restaurant. One of the suspects was stunned with a Taser and taken into custody. Also taken into custody was a woman who tried to interfere with the arrest. A third suspect fled but was later captured by police.
Perrello was treated for injuries at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, police said.
Joseph Lee Hernandez, 24, was charged with felony assault on a handicapped person, assault inflicting serious injury, affray, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest. John Richard Hernandez, 23, was charged with disorderly conduct, affray, simple assault and resisting arrest. Carolina Cathleen Cunningham, 24, was charged with resisting, obstructing or delaying an arrest. All three live at 3231 Polo Road, police said.
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